Low 1/f noise in YBa2Cu3O7 dc SQUIDs on (Y)ZrO2 bicrystal substrates
- 17 August 1992
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 61 (7) , 861-863
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.107769
Abstract
We report low noise operation of YBa2Cu3O7 SQUIDs superconducting quantum interference devices using Josephson junctions grown on bicrystal substrates of (Y)ZrO2. Energy sensitivities measured at 10 Hz (Sε=4.5×10−29 J/Hz) were to our knowledge lower than previously reported for a YBa2Cu3O7 SQUID with practical loop size (∼40 μm). The 1/f part of the voltage noise reached a maximum at 85 K where the noise spectrum was essentially white. The 1/f noise increased both at lower temperatures due to increased critical current fluctuations (∼Ibias2.2) and at higher temperatures, where the flux noise from the film produces a peak below Tc(=89 K).Keywords
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